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YEAR IN REVIEW SO FAR
FROM AUSTIN TO NASHVILLE AND BEYOND
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NEWS | REVIEWS | CHARTS | TOUR GUIDE | AND MORE FROM AUSTIN TO NASHVILLE AND BEYOND
TODD
SNIDER remembered
2020
11 Wynonna / Carly Pearce / Alecia Nugent / Ward Davis / Johhny Bush / Jerry Jeff Walker / Mac Davis SOLD OUT 12 Lee Brice / Brothers Osborne / Shenandoah / My Darling Clementine / Billy Joe Shaver / Doug Supernaw
2021
1 Charley Pride / Morgan Wallen / Critics’ Choice / Rachel Brooke / Hal Ketchum SOLD OUT 2 Victoria Bailey / Hailey Whitters / Tessy Lou Williams / Tyller Gummersall / Joe King / KT Oslin / Jamie O’ Hara / Ed Bruce 3 Travis Tritt / Sunny Sweeney / Callista Clark / Jesse Daniel / Margie Singleton / Kent Westberry SOLD OUT 4 Eric Church / Bobby Dove / Scott MacKay / Morgan Wade / Rodger Wilhoit SOLD OUT 5 Triston Marez / Alan Jackson / Thomas Rhett / Ray Stevens 6 Rory Feek / Brock Gonyea / Tayla Lynn / Jack Clement / CMP’ s Guide To Country Podcasts SOLD OUT 7 Rodney Crowell / Connie Smith / The Golden Roses / Freddy Powers SOLD OUT 8 Lainey Wilson / Summer Dean / Vincent Neil Emerson / Randy Travis 9 Dustin Lynch / Drake Milligan / Jeremy Pinnell / David Ferguson / Side Pony / Nanci Griffith remembered / Tom T Hall remembered 10 Jon Wolfe / Mickey Guyton / Asleep At The Wheel / Elijah Ocean / Gordon Lightfoot / The Circle Remains Unbroken 11 Sierra Ferrell / Larry Fleet / Riddy Arman / MacKenzie Porter / Exclusively Inclusive / T is for Truckers 12 Billy Strings / Ashland Craft / Creed Fisher / Conway Twitty / Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Crown( George Strait Songs) SOLD OUT
2022
1 Elvie Shane / Buddy Cannon / Sterling Drake / Critics’ Choice 2 Randall King / Ruthie Collins / Mose Wilson / Matt Castillo / Jerry Kennedy 3 Luke Combs / Priscilla Block / Sarah Shook / Dallas Wayne / The Hag / Jerry Reed 4 Jenny Tolman / Charley Crockett / Jaret Ray Reddick / Aaron Raitiere / Jerry Lee Lewis SOLD OUT 5 Ernest / 90s Country / Garth Brooks / Joshua Hedley / Pete Drake 6 Chris Young / Miranda Lambert / Kelsey Waldon / Alex Miller / Naomi Judd & Mickey Gilley remembered 7 Carly Pearce / Kenny Chesney Songs To Soundtrack Your Summer / Dylan Scott / Vanessa Bourne / Cindy Walker 8 Brandy Clark / Tami Neilson / Ty Herndon / Killer Songs / Bobby Flores remembered SOLD OUT 9 Jim Lauderdale / John Moreland / Arlo McKinley / Olivia Newton-John remembered 10 Ashley McBryde / Jon Pardi / Jake Penrod / Paul Craft / Luke Bell remembered 11 Loretta Lynn / Thomas Rhett / Emily Nenni / Mike Ryan
MARCH 2026 £ 6.99
PATRICK LYONS
ON PRODUCING THE NEW ALBUM FROM
COLTER WALL
NEWS | REVIEWS | CHARTS | TOUR GUIDE | AND MORE FROM AUSTIN TO NASHVILLE AND BEYOND
DECEMBER 2025 £ 5.95
DAVID ALLAN COE remembered
NEWS | REVIEWS | CHARTS | TOUR GUIDE | AND MORE
12 Georgette Jones / A Jay Wade / Aaron LaCombe / Alex Williams / Melissa Carper / Jerry Lee Lewis remembered
2023
1 Granger Smith / Critics’ Choice / Rebecca Jed / David Wills
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2 Easton Corbin / Making A Scene / Wylie Gustafson / Charlie Treat / Randy Carson / Stan Hitchcock 3 Brit Taylor / Lady A / Bruce Robison / Madeline Edwards / The Camden Crash 4 Marty Stuart / McBride and the Ride / Kristina Murray / Barbara Fairchild / Mary Elizabeth Long 5 Jake Worthington / William Prince / Chancey Williams / Cory Grinder / Donice Morace 6 Brennen Leigh / Lukas Nelson + POTR / Ags Connolly / Linda Ronstadt / Pete Anderson / Gordon Lightfoot SOLD OUT 7 The Malpass Brothers / Casey Prestwood / Philip Bowen / Rex Allen Jr / Sheb Wooley 8 Jo Dee Messina / Chris Janson / Songs Of Beer & Heartache / Brandi Behlen / Logan Halstead 9 Tim McGraw / Hank at 100: The Wild Ride of Hank Williams / Brent Cobb / Josh Turner / Whey Jennings 10 Laura Bryna / Brothers Osborne / Logan Ledger / Carlos Washington / Charlie Robison & Jimmy Buffett remembered 11 Charles Wesley Godwin / Riley Green / Lauren Watkins / Teddy Thompson & Jenni Muldaur / Vintage Country Roadmap 12 Billy Don Burns
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/ Ashley McBryde / Harper Grace /
Dallas Smith
2024
1 Brian Kelley / The Critics’ Choice / Suzy Bogguss / Stephen Wilson Jr. 2 Drake Milligan / Larry Fleet / George Ducas / Hannah Ellis 3 Hannah Dasher / Toby Keith remembered / Zach Top / Emily Ann Roberts / Bob Wills: 25 Classic Songs 4 Charley Crockett / Lainey Wilson / The Texas Trio / Corb Lund / Caitlin Cannon 5 Tyler Hubbard / Sawyer Brown / Kin Faux / The Mavericks 6 Carly Pearce / Scotty McCreery / Jesse Daniel / The Goldenrods / Four Blocks of Fun & Frolic 7 Kaitlin Butts / Caylee Hammack / Kayla Ray / A Guide To Country Crooners 8 Thomas Rhett / Lorrie Morgan / Jerry Salley / Joe Bonsall remembered / Kinky Friedman remembered 9 Richard Lynch / Midland / Sam Williams / Shawna Thompson / The Lost Album of Anita Carter 10 Brooks & Dunn / Alex Key / John Paycheck / Mark Irwin 11 Ashley Monroe / Riley Green / Kris Kristofferson remembered
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12 Duncan Warwick remembered / Faron Young / Kris Kristofferson
remembered
12 | Charles Wesley Godwin
JUNE 2026 £ 6.99
JIM LAUDERDALE features
CHIP TAYLOR
With a new, intensely personal collection of songs, which are more than just another body of work but how Godwin learned to live again
18 | Emily Nenni
NEWS | REVIEWS | CHARTS | TOUR GUIDE | AND MORE
Stax records, big hair, two-stepping and upsetting the genre-police
22
2025
| Pokey LaFarge
Faith, farming and going fully independent
1 Dwight Yoakam / The Critics’ Choice / Four Blocks Of Fun & Frolic: Part 2 2 49 Winchester / Tenille Arts / Ringo Starr / Garrett Bradford / Under The Mersey Moon 3 Mackenzie Carpenter / Sierra Hull / Dolly: An Original Musical / Corey Kent 4 Pitney Meyer / Eli Young Band / Cody Canada / C2C: Reviewed 5 Kip Moore / Dee White / Jack Browning / Four Blocks of Fun & Frolic: Part 3 / Dick Damron
reviews remembered 6 Jenna Paulette / Old Dominion / If We Build It--Will They
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/ Johnny Rodriguez remembered 7 Hailey Whitters / Lukas Nelson / Weldon Henson / Bronnie 8 EmiSunshine / Asleep At The Wheel / Four Blocks of Fun & Frolic: Part 4 9 Shooter Jennings / Joshua Hedley / Slow Slow Quick Quick Slow: A Love Letter to Austin’ s Honky Tonk Scene / Jeannie Seely remembered SOLD OUT
regulars
10 Brandy Clark / Hannah McFarland / Unbroken Circle featival / Brett James remembered
4 | News
11 Jake Owen / Zach Top / Grand Ole Opry: Live in London 12 Patrick Lyons on producing Colter Wall / Jon Wolfe /
8 | Tour Guide
Drew Baldridge / Todd Snider remembered
11 | The David Allan Page
2026
16 | Americana Roundup
17 | Corner of Music Row
1 Emmylou Harris / Critics’ Choice / Kashus Culpepper / Nashville’ s AI Revolution / Raul Malo remembered 2 Larry Fleet / Kathy Mattea / From Highland Springs to Mountain Hollers / Joe Ely
26 | Boots & Suits
3 Dale Watson / Aaron Raitiere / Ward Davis / Paul Overstreet 4 Alex Miller / Paul Cauthen / Reinventing Country’ s Rebel Spirit
47 | Bakerspatch
5 Ashley McBryde / Jim Lauderdale / Let Me Talk To My Manager / Chip Taylor remembered 6 Braxton Keith / Billboard: Year in Review So Far / A & R in Country Music: the Golden-Eared People / David Allan Coe remembered 7 Coleman Jennings / Alyssa Bonagura / Choosin’ Texas: Staying In or Leaving the Lone Star State
27 | The Hymn Sheet
charts
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Cuts & UK Country Charts
49 | Billboard Country Charts
MAY 2026 £ 6.99